RG Kar Hospital rape case: Parents of victim move Calcutta HC seeking fresh probe

Parents of the victim cited lack of confidence in the ongoing probe into the incident that led to huge protests.

Updated on: Dec 19, 2024, 13:48:58 IST

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Parents of the trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital of West Bengal's Kolkata in August this year moved the Calcutta High Court on Thursday, seeking a fresh investigation into the alleged crime.

Junior doctors, medics and social activists shout slogans during a candle rally protesting against alleged slow investigation process of CBI as 4 months (120 days) past of that alleged brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor of RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, India, on Monday, December 9, 2024. (Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)

Citing lack of confidence in the ongoing probe into the incident that led to huge protests, the parents of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim prayed for a direction for a fresh investigation into the rape and murder of their daughter, news agency PTI reported.

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Justice Tirthankar Ghosh asked their lawyer to add the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the case, as a party in the petition and mention the matter again before the court on Monday, December 23.

The case

The on-duty postgraduate trainee doctor's body was found in the seminar room of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 this year. A Kolkata Police civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, is the prime accused in the case.

The Sealdah court on December 13 granted bail to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station's officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal in the case.

They were granted bail as the CBI failed to file charge sheets against them within the 90-day statutory period, according to their lawyers.

While Ghosh was accused of tampering with evidence in the case, the police officer was accused of delaying the filing of an FIR after the body was found.

CBI has filed a charge sheet against the Sanjay Roy.

In its charge sheet, the CBI said Roy, who was working as a civic volunteer with the local police, allegedly committed the crime when the victim had gone to sleep in the hospital's seminar room during a break.

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